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Let Canada’s birthday party continue

I pride myself on knowing when to leave a party. However, in the case of Canada’s 150th birthday party, I don’t want it to end.

So just because the approach of September heralds the arrival of fall, let’s not let the national celebration come to a conclusion. It should go on after the end of this summer.

Heck, I wouldn’t mind if it extended into next winter even.

Do you feel me?

I realize that a number of the events marking Canada’s sesquicentennial took place in the warmer months, like the Canada Day bash in Ottawa. So what? For a county to make it to the age of 150 is remarkable. If anything, we should err on the side of too much merry-making

And I realize July 1 is our dominion’s “official” birthday. Is it asking too much after reaching such a rare milestone that we should make all of 2017 one giant fiesta? Don’t we deserve a full 12 months of self-congratulation?

It seems strange to me, considering Canada and its people are shaped by such cold winters, that we should mark this occasion only in the summer.

There are many ways we could keep the bash raging.

Shouldn’t we feel proud to fly the Maple Leaf at Thanksgiving?

Speaking of which, don’t you want to see kids wrapped in the Canadian flag or dressed up as other national icons, when Halloween rolls around?

Wouldn’t Christmas be even more special if it had a Canada 150 flavour?

And I bet Toronto Maple Leaf fans would love for next winter to mark the first time a Canadian NHL team has won the Stanley Cup since 1993. What better way to assert Canada’s national identity at this important time? Wouldn’t that be potent symbolism?

If anything, the focus on our birthday so far this year has reminded Canadians from coast to coast to coast how special this country is. I say keep it rolling.

And it’s not like we even have to have any more huge public gatherings. If each one of us just continues to meditate on how to keep Canada glorious and free for another 150 years, that would do wonders for the national mood. And autumn is already a season that lends itself to introspection.

So there’s really not even any need to spend more taxpayer dollars.

How about it, my fellow Canadians?

Sure, summer will soon slip out of our grasp and the leaves will fall. Snow will inevitably follow, but it sure would be cool if we could continue to show how much we appreciate living in this place.

The world needs more Canada. And right now, Canada needs to party just a little longer. It would be good for all of us.